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The Nile and Egypt

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Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest freshwater

lake. (Only Lake Superior in North America is larger.) It receives its water mostly

from precipitation and from thousand of small streams.

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Three countries border Lake Victoria--Uganda, Tanzania, and

Kenya.

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The mouth of the Nile flows from Lake Victoria at Jinja, Uganda.

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The Nile River is the longest river in the world. It flows for 4,145

miles northward from Lake Victoria at the equator and

empties into the Mediterranean through the Nile Delta in Egypt.

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Across Nile from Luxor (on west side) is Valley of the Kings

447 miles from Cairo to Luxor

Across Nile from Luxor (on west side) is Valley of the Kings

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Baby Moses was in a little boat floating in the marshes

of the Nile.

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The Bible also tells us that the children of Israel “built for Pharaoh treasure cities,

Pithom and Raamses” (Exodus 1:11)

These two cities were in the northeastern part of the Nile

delta.

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Most likely Hatshepsut, a daughter of Thutmose I, was the foster mother of

Moses.

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When Moses fled Egypt, most likely Thutmose III

was pharaoh.

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Temple of Thutmose III

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When Moses returned to Egypt, most likely the

pharaoh was Amenhotep II, son of Thutmose III.

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Amenhotep II was raised in Memphis in the north, rather than in Thebes, the traditional capital.

Memphis had been the capital of Egypt for many dynasties.

Amenhotep II was raised in Memphis in the north, rather than in Thebes, the traditional capital.

Memphis had been the capital of Egypt for many dynasties.

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Amenhotep II was not a very nice person.

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During a battle, he single-handedly killed seven rebel princes at Kadesh and ordered their bodies to be hung upside down on the prow of his ship. When he reached his capital city of Thebes, all but one of them were mounted on the city walls. The

seventh was sent to the rebellious territory of Nubia and hung on the

city wall of Napata as an example of the consequence of rising against

him.

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His last campaign proceeded north to the Sea of Galilee. His list of

plunder mentions 101,128 slaves, which is believed to be an

exaggeration; however, this campaign was followed by peace.

The kings of Babylon, of the Hittites, and of the Mitanni made peace with

Amenhotep II and paid tribute to him.

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Now Amenhotep II could concentrate on expanding and decorating existing temples, on building new temples, as well as on building shrines, columns in

courtyards, and steles throughout his kingdom.

And he used slave labor to do it.